The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.
HAROLD WILSONSelsdon Man is designing a system of society for the ruthlessness and the pushing, the uncaring. His message to the rest is: you’re out on your own.
More Harold Wilson Quotes
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Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.
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We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …
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It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.
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Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get his licence returned when it falls due.
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I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night’s sleep.
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May I say, for the benefit of those who have been carried away by the gossip of the last few days, that I know what’s going on.
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The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.
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From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn’t mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.
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I’m going on, and the Labour government’s going on.
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Tories never actually talk about getting rid of their leader, then suddenly there us a flash of steel between he shoulder-blades and rigormortis sets in.
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The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.
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I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.
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The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.
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If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next.
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[Criticizing as “appalingly complacent” a Conservative Government report that by the ’60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall.
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